Looks like everything is pulling together for the house. It seems everyone got their money together, and even I, with huge helping of grace from my dad and mom got what was needed. Thank God. In other news, I'll be getting my wisdom teeth out on Friday July 16th. Exciting times. I wish it was sooner, because now I have 2 weeks to dread it, but it just wasn't going to work any other time. Tony's bachelor party was on Saturday, it was very fun... everyone seemed to have a good time even though it was not the traditional "porno and booze" bachelor party. In fact, it was far from it; we went to play mini-golf and had a BBQ. It did end with the cops though, as all bachelor parties should. We went to Avila beach to light of fireworks, and they came and gave us a talking to. They didn't really care that we were doing it, but they had to do their jobs. They were actually really nice, and what's more we didn't get in any trouble at all. They even let us keep the fireworks. I still can't believe Tony is getting married... it's just frightening. I mean he's younger than I am! I don't even have a girlfriend! Sheesh-a-rooni.

Well, good news and stress bringing news. We got that awesome place by the park. I can't be thrilled enough. It has an awesome little back yard with a patio, a gas stove (Finally!!!), washer and dryer, 2 car garage, a fire place, and a front room with really high ceilings. It promises to be an awesome place to live. It's within walking distance of Vons, and a whole nice little shopping center, right next to the bus stop... and even near a few other friends. It's also 3 minutes away from work, which makes the entire arrangement ideal. The best part about it is that it's right across the street from this MASSIVE park that has tennis courts, basketball, a baseball diamond, barbecue areas and all sorts of other facilities that I can't even think of right now. The crappy part of course is going to be paying for it. The move in date is 7/1... that's right, in like a week. In that amound of time I have to come up with the deposit, plus the first months rent there... plus the rent for the place I'm in now. The best part of all, I have until Monday to come up with the cash. Lord help me. I guess if it doesn't work out we'll find another place somewhere... it's just this place is nicely sized and will end up being cheaper in the long run (even if this month is a punch in the face). I hope it works out.

I'm back from Texas now, and can settle into a somewhat more normal groove. Thankfully there isn't too much more going on. Tony's bachelor party is this weekend, that should be fun, but I left for Texas divying out a task... I'm still unsure of its status. I'll make a couple of calls tomorrow evening. This month has been a challenge, but it's not over yet. I'm still looking for a place to live, but new problems keep cropping up. I'm sure we'll find something eventually. Currently we have an awesome place as a possibility, but simply no way to pay for it with the number of people we have enlisted. My roommate being gone for 6 months really plays havoc on plans... He doesn't want to pay double rent (neither do we want him to) but we can hardly afford ourselves, let alone another half or fourth of an invisible person. Who knows, tomorrow is a new day. If we can get confirmation from one more person we'll have the place without too much trouble.

In other news, I went to the dentist today. No cavaties, but I have to get my wisdom teeth out (surprise). That'll suck, and now I have 2 dentist appoiontments (with more to come) in the next week. Sux0r.

I was just thinking today... is any of this actually interesting to anyone? I guess there might be a vested interest for those that have some sort of personal connection to me, but honestly, is it that interesting? I don't know what it is about a blog, but I find most of them horrendous. The only ones I read are those of people I actually know. I guess reading someone's blog is the Reader's Digest version of their life... you can watch it like reality TV and be involved as much or as little as you like. It's a grand, interactive MMORPG... where events you undertake may be reported on. Hm... how strange indeed. Sorry, I'm really tired right now and I have no idea why. Guess Texas is catching up with me.

Got back from Vegas yesterday, lots of fun indeed. Going to Texas tomorrow... I'll write more later.
Okay, I'm writing more now. Sorry I got off to a bad start. I relized grades come out today, and I wanted to check. I did good!! I think this is the first quarter I haven't gotten at least one C! I got all Bs (okay, one B-) and an A- (in lab). I'm pretty stoked right now, and I feel really confident about next year. I think I'm most stoked about my EE grade (the B-). I was really worried about the class, the teacher was a challenge. I guess I learned all right though. It's funny, in my experience here at Poly, the more challenging the teacher I have (read "challenging", not "hard") the better I seem to do. Of course the more I want to die during the course of the quarter is also related to the challenging-ness of the professor as well.

Pre-Final thought of the day:

Support courses are the bras of Cal Poly... generally necessary in extreme cases, uncomfortable, and they get in the way of what I want to do.

Woo, 30 minutes 'til my last final this year!

"Lyle, Lyle were you brought by the Nile?
Or were you created from lobsters and bile?
I love you so much that I think I'm on trial.
Oh Lyle, Oh Lyle, Oh Lyle"

-Sara Holms, in tribute to The Brunching Shuttlecocks Bjork Song

Well, it looks like I've pretty much been resigned to posting once a week. How boring is that? I'll try and post more often once finals are over, its just hard when there are so many other things to do. Small little more has happened in the past week. We did have a nice 3 day weekend, which was relaxing, but put me in summer mode 10 days too early. Oh well, such is life. I think I can pull myself out of it long enough to get a good grade on my EE final. Shane and I went to LA on Monday, and also to San Pedro. We had no real intent to do anything, but had a ton of fun regardless. Up near the top was playing "The Typing of the Dead" in the arcade. Let me tell you, there is no simpler pleasure than destroying zombies by typing long Japanese words at them.
Apart from that it's crazy to see the year over already. Next year should be interesting, considering it should be my last. I planned out my classes, and I have the exact number down to finish next year. The only problem for next year is going to be the cash flow situation. Before I had my Grandmother to support me, but with the loss of her it should be interesting to make ends meet. Everything is tied up in legal mumbo jumbo for at least six months, so there won't even be an immediate relief from inheritence. I know my Mom will help me out as much as she can, but between rent and school she'd practically be working for me. Oh well, that was depressing enough. I do have summer coming up! Yay summer!